From the category archives:

Programme management

Why I wouldn’t do a weekend course again

November 1, 2010

I recently took the 5 day Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) course with Maven Training.  I’ve done courses with Maven in the past, and I’ve also met many of their team and their CEO Melanie Franklin.  But the reason I choose them this time was because of their innovative approach to delivering training in a way [...]

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Recovering troubled programmes (part 2)

July 6, 2009

Are you seeing any of the problems faced by troubled programmes that I talked about last week?  If so, you need a recovery plan to get your programme back on track. Here’s the 5 step ESI process for getting out of trouble.  The whole approach assumes you have been parachuted in to fix someone else’s [...]

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Recovering troubled programmes (part 1)

June 29, 2009

There’s only one thing worse than being told bad news, and that is being told about bad news late.  When a programme is failing, you should define the problem and potential solutions, and alert stakeholders at the first sign of trouble, according to LeRoy Ward, Executive VP at ESI. I attended ‘Managing and Saving Programmes [...]

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Managing programmes in a changing world

June 22, 2009

I joined in with Managing and Saving Programmes in a Changing World, an audio/Webex conference with LeRoy Ward, Executive VP at ESI, recently. I couldn’t see who else was on the call (apart from the presenters) and I joined a bit late, so I felt sorry for them that they had started the presentation with [...]

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